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Book Synopsis Defense Acquisitions by : Paul L. Francis
Download or read book Defense Acquisitions written by Paul L. Francis and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Oct. 2008, the U.S. Navy will begin construction of the first of two lead DDG 1000 Zumwalt-Class destroyers -- at an expected cost of $6.3 billion. Given the history of cost growth on shipbuilding programs, as well as the Navy¿s request for approval of a third ship, the author was asked to assess the progress of the program. He examined: (1) whether key systems can be delivered on time and work as intended; (2) design maturity; (3) shipyard readiness; and (4) whether lead and follow-on DDG 1000 ships can be built within budget. Includes recommendations. Charts and tables.
Book Synopsis Defense Acquisitions by : U S Government Accountability Office (G
Download or read book Defense Acquisitions written by U S Government Accountability Office (G and published by BiblioGov. This book was released on 2013-07 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) is an independent agency that works for Congress. The GAO watches over Congress, and investigates how the federal government spends taxpayers dollars. The Comptroller General of the United States is the leader of the GAO, and is appointed to a 15-year term by the U.S. President. The GAO wants to support Congress, while at the same time doing right by the citizens of the United States. They audit, investigate, perform analyses, issue legal decisions and report anything that the government is doing. This is one of their reports.
Author :United States Government Accountability Office Publisher :Createspace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN 13 :9781983926167 Total Pages :60 pages Book Rating :4.9/5 (261 download)
Book Synopsis Defense Acquisitions by : United States Government Accountability Office
Download or read book Defense Acquisitions written by United States Government Accountability Office and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-01-17 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Defense Acquisitions: Cost to Deliver Zumwalt-Class Destroyers Likely to Exceed Budget
Book Synopsis Defense Acquisitions by : United States. Government Accountability Office
Download or read book Defense Acquisitions written by United States. Government Accountability Office and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Defense Acquisitions: Zumwalt-Class Destroyer Program Emblematic of Challenges Facing Navy Shipbuilding by : Paul L. Francis
Download or read book Defense Acquisitions: Zumwalt-Class Destroyer Program Emblematic of Challenges Facing Navy Shipbuilding written by Paul L. Francis and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2009-02 with total page 21 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The U.S. Navy is about to begin construction of the first Zumwalt-Class destroyer (DDG 1000) amid considerable uncertainties and a high likelihood of cost and schedule growth. Significant cost growth and schedule delays are persistent problems that continue to compromise the Navy¿s shipbuilding goals. This testimony focuses on: (1) the challenges faced by the DDG 1000 program; and (2) the strain such challenges portend for long term shipbuilding plans. Charts and tables.
Book Synopsis The Emergency State by : David C. Unger
Download or read book The Emergency State written by David C. Unger and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-08-27 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the New York Times’s veteran foreign policy editorialist, a lucid analysis of the harm caused by America’s increasingly misdirected national security state America is trapped in a state of war that has consumed our national life since before Pearl Harbor. Over seven decades and several bloody wars, Democratic and Republican politicians alike have assembled an increasingly complicated, ineffective, and outdated network of security services. Yet this pursuit has not only damaged our democratic institutions and undermined our economic strengths; it has fundamentally failed to make us safer. In The Emergency State, senior New York Times writer David C. Unger reveals the hidden costs of America’s bipartisan obsession with achieving absolute national security and traces a series of missed opportunities—from the end of World War II through the presidency of Barack Obama—when we could have rethought our defense strategy but did not. Provocative, insightful, and refreshingly nonpartisan, this is the definitive untold story of how America became so vulnerable—and how it can build real security again.
Book Synopsis Defense Management by : Janet St. Laurent
Download or read book Defense Management written by Janet St. Laurent and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2009-05 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Addresses the challenges DoD faces to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of its weapon systems acquisition and contract mgmt. Weapon systems programs continue to take longer to develop, cost more, and deliver fewer quantities and capabilities than originally planned. DoD also continues to face challenges managing service contracts and contractors. The current fiscal environment combined with operational demands elevates the need to improve weapon systems acquisition and contract mgmt. DoD has taken steps in response to recommendations made over the past decade. DoD needs to: translate policy into practice; ensure steps undertaken result in intended outcomes; and conduct a reexamination of its reliance on contractors. Illus.
Book Synopsis Defense Acquisitions: Zumwalt-Class Destroyer Program Emblematic of Challenges Facing Navy Shipbuilding by :
Download or read book Defense Acquisitions: Zumwalt-Class Destroyer Program Emblematic of Challenges Facing Navy Shipbuilding written by and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DDG 1000 development has been framed by challenging multimission requirements, resultant numerous new technologies, and a cost and schedule budget that added to-rather than eased-the challenge. While the Navy has done much work to try to manage the program within these competing goals, it will begin lead ship construction in October 2008 with significant uncertainties, particularly in developing the ship's design, key components, and the ship software system. Recent restructuring of the schedule buys more time for technology development, but shifts key efforts like installation and testing of the combat systems until later in the construction schedule-after the ships have been initially delivered. Such compromises-made before construction has even begun-suggest that the Navy already has little margin for solving future problems without adding money and time. In fact, it appears that the budget for the lead ships is not adequate to deliver fully operational ships. The complexity and unique features of DDG 1000, along with the design work, testing, and actual construction experience to come, add to the risk of cost growth.
Author :United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services. Seapower and Expeditionary Forces Subcommittee Publisher : ISBN 13 : Total Pages :136 pages Book Rating :4.3/5 (91 download)
Book Synopsis Navy Destroyer Acquisition Programs by : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services. Seapower and Expeditionary Forces Subcommittee
Download or read book Navy Destroyer Acquisition Programs written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services. Seapower and Expeditionary Forces Subcommittee and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Crs Report for Congress by : Congressional Research Service: The Libr
Download or read book Crs Report for Congress written by Congressional Research Service: The Libr and published by BiblioGov. This book was released on 2013-11 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Administration's FY2010 defense budget proposes to end the procurement of DDG-1000 (Zumwalt) class destroyers with the third ship, which was authorized and partially funded in FY2009, and restart procurement DDG-51 (Arleigh Burke) class Aegis destroyers, which were last procured in FY2005. The Administration's budget is consistent with a proposal for stopping DDG-1000 procurement and restarting DDG-51 procurement that the Navy announced in July 2008. The Navy's plans for destroyer procurement in FY2012 and beyond are somewhat unclear. The Navy since July 2008 has spoken on several occasions about a desire to build a total of 11 or 12 DDG-51s between FY2010 and FY2015, but the Navy also testified to the Seapower subcommittee of the Senate Armed Services Committee on June 16, 2009, that it is conducting a study on destroyer procurement options for FY2012 and beyond that is examining design options based on either the DDG-51 or DDG-1000 hull form. A January 2009 memorandum from the Department of Defense acquisition executive called for such a study. The proposed FY2010 defense budget requests procurement funding to complete the cost of the third DDG-1000 and to procure one DDG-51, and advance procurement funding for two more DDG-51s that the Navy wants ...
Book Synopsis The Pursuit of Technological Superiority and the Shrinking American Military by : Daniel R. Lake
Download or read book The Pursuit of Technological Superiority and the Shrinking American Military written by Daniel R. Lake and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-01-22 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why has the US military begun to suffer from overstretch in recent decades? Why is one of the largest militaries in the world, and the most expensive by far, periodically stressed by the operational demands placed upon it? This book argues that recent problems with overstretch are the result of a heavy reliance on technology to solve tactical and strategic problems. Over the last seven decades, the US armed services have consistently chosen to push the technological frontier out in an effort to first gain, and then maintain, qualitative superiority over potential foes. The high procurement and support costs associated with cutting-edge weapon systems has resulted in a military that is shrinking in both absolute size and in the relative share of combat forces. The culmination of this process is a US military that increasingly lacks the capacity needed to conduct operations without putting significant stress on its personnel and equipment. Lake argues that this pattern is a manifestation of an American cultural disposition favoring technology. He shows that this affinity for technology is present in the organizational cultures of all the armed services, though not to the same degree. By examining procurement programs for each armed service, this book reveals how attempts to develop and leverage superior technology has resulted in some notable program failures, high procurement costs for the latest generation of equipment with associated production cuts, and the high support requirements that are causing the relative share of combat forces to shrink. Lake’s analysis of recent initiatives by the armed services suggests that this pattern is likely to continue, with the US military remaining prone to overstretch whenever its operational tempo increases above the peacetime baseline.
Author :Congressional Research Congressional Research Service Publisher :CreateSpace ISBN 13 :9781505903836 Total Pages :42 pages Book Rating :4.9/5 (38 download)
Book Synopsis Navy Ddg-51 and Ddg-1000 Destroyer Programs by : Congressional Research Congressional Research Service
Download or read book Navy Ddg-51 and Ddg-1000 Destroyer Programs written by Congressional Research Congressional Research Service and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-12-22 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As part of its proposed FY2015 budget, the Navy is requesting funding for the procurement of two Arleigh Burke (DDG-51) class Aegis destroyers. The 10 DDG-51s programmed for procurement in FY2013-FY2017 (three ships in FY2013, one in FY2014, and two each in FY2015-FY2017) are being procured under a multiyear procurement (MYP) contract. The Navy estimates the combined procurement cost of the two DDG-51s requested for procurement in FY2015 at $2,969.4 million, or an average of $1,484.7 million each. The two ships have received a total of $297.9 million in prior-year advance procurement (AP) funding. The Navy's proposed FY2015 budget requests the remaining $2,671.4 million to complete the two ships' combined procurement cost. The Navy's proposed FY2015 budget also requests $129.1 million to complete the cost of one of the three DDG-51s funded in FY2013 (where a funding shortfall occurred as a result of the March 1, 2013, sequester on Department of Defense [DOD] programs), and $134.0 million in advance procurement (AP) funding for DDG-51s to be procured in future fiscal years, bringing the total requested for the DDG-51 program for FY2015 (excluding outfitting and post-delivery costs) to $2,934.6 million. The Navy's proposed FY2015 budget also requests $419.5 million in procurement funding to help complete the procurement cost of three Zumwalt (DDG-1000) class destroyers procured in FY2007-FY2009. The current version of the DDG-51 is called the Flight IIA design. The Navy wants to begin procuring a new version of the DDG-51 design, called the Flight III design, starting with the second of the two ships scheduled for procurement in FY2016. The Flight III design is to feature a new and more capable radar called the Air and Missile Defense Radar (AMDR). The Navy's proposed budget requests $144.7 million in research and development funding for the AMDR.
Book Synopsis Navy Ddg-51 and Ddg-1000 Destroyer Programs by : Ronald O'Rourke
Download or read book Navy Ddg-51 and Ddg-1000 Destroyer Programs written by Ronald O'Rourke and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-04-03 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Navy has been procuring Arleigh Burke (DDG-51) class Aegis destroyers since FY1985. The two DDG-51s requested for procurement in FY2017 are to be the 75th and 76th ships in the class. The 10 DDG-51s programmed for procurement in FY2013-FY2017 (in annual quantities of 3-1-2-2-2) are being procured under a multiyear-procurement (MYP) contract. One of the DDG-51s funded in FY2016 is to be the first of a new DDG-51 design variation called the Flight III design, which is to incorporate a new and more capable radar called the Air and Missile Defense Radar (AMDR). As part of its action on the Navy's FY2016 budget, Congress provided $1 billion in unrequested procurement funding to help pay for a DDG-51 that would be in addition to those being procured under the 10-ship MYP contract for FY2013-FY2017. The Navy, in its budget submission, notes this additional $1 billion in funding for the DDG-51 program, but does not show the additional DDG-51 in its shipbuilding plan. The $433 million in procurement funding that would be needed to complete the cost of this additional DDG-51 is, however, included as the second item on the Navy's FY2017 unfunded requirements list (i.e., the list of FY2017 programs that the Navy desires, but for which it did not have sufficient funding in FY2017). The Navy estimates the combined procurement cost of the two DDG-51s requested for procurement in FY2017 at $3,393.9 million. The ships have received a total of $182.6 million in prior-year advance procurement (AP) funding. The Navy's proposed FY2017 budget requests the remaining $3,211.3 million needed to complete the ships' estimated combined procurement cost. The Navy's proposed FY2017 budget also requests $16.0 million in so-called cost-to-complete procurement funding to cover cost growth on DDG-51s procured in FY2011. The Navy's proposed FY2017 budget also requests $271.8 million in procurement funding to complete construction of Zumwalt (DDG-1000) class destroyers procured in prior years, and $144.4 million in research and development funding for development work on the AMDR. Potential FY2017 issues for Congress concerning destroyer procurement include the following: whether to approve, reject, or modify the Navy's FY2017 procurement funding requests for the DDG-51 and DDG-1000 programs, and the Navy's FY2017 research and development funding request for the AMDR program; whether to provide some or all of the $433 million in procurement funding needed to complete the funding for the additional DDG-51 that was partially funded with $1 billion in FY2016; whether to provide the Navy with authority for entering into an MYP contract for DDG-51s to be procured in FY2018-FY2022; continued cost growth in the DDG-1000 program; cost, schedule, and technical risk in the Flight III DDG-51 program; issues raised in a January 2016 report from DOD's Director of Operational Test and Evaluation (DOT&E)-DOT&E's annual report for FY2015; and the lack of an announced Navy roadmap for accomplishing three things in the cruiser-destroyer force: restoring ship growth margins; introducing large numbers of ships with integrated electric drive systems or other technologies that could provide ample electrical power for supporting future electrically powered weapons; and introducing technologies for substantially reducing ship operating and support (O&S) costs.
Book Synopsis Department of Defense Appropriations for 2010, Part 1, February 11, 2009, 111-1 Hearings by :
Download or read book Department of Defense Appropriations for 2010, Part 1, February 11, 2009, 111-1 Hearings written by and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis High-Risk Series by : Gene L. Dodaro
Download or read book High-Risk Series written by Gene L. Dodaro and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2009-12 with total page 99 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fed. gov¿t. is the world's largest and most complex entity, with about $3 trillion in outlays in FY 2008. Reports on high-risk areas bring focus to areas needing attention due to their greater vulnerabilities to fraud, waste, abuse, and mismanagement. These reports also identify areas needing transformation to address major economy, efficiency, or effectiveness challenges. This 2009 update presents the status of high-risk areas listed in 2007 and identifies new high-risk areas. Solutions to high-risk problems offer the potential to save billions of dollars, dramatically improve service to the public, strengthen confidence and trust in the performance and accountability of the U.S. gov¿t., and ensure the ability of gov¿t. to deliver on its promises. Illus.
Book Synopsis Assessing China's Naval Power by : Sarah Kirchberger
Download or read book Assessing China's Naval Power written by Sarah Kirchberger and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-06-23 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book analyzes the rise of China’s naval power and its possible strategic consequences from a wide variety of perspectives – technological, economic, and geostrategic – while employing a historical-comparative approach throughout. Since naval development requires huge financial resources and mostly takes place within the context of transnational industrial partnerships, this study also consciously adopts an industry perspective. The systemic problems involved in warship production and the associated material, financial, technological, and political requirements currently remain overlooked aspects in the case of China. Drawing on first-hand working experience in the naval shipbuilding industry, the author provides transparent criteria for the evaluation of different naval technologies’ strategic value, which other researchers can draw upon as a basis for further research in such diverse fields as International Security Studies, Naval Warfare Studies, Chinese Studies, and International Relations.
Book Synopsis Department of Defense Authorization for Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2008 by : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services
Download or read book Department of Defense Authorization for Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2008 written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 1156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
